Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-04-03

Red sea pebbles, that look hkeplgs eyes,
added Alice. yes he's a beauty"
Mis- Simkins came in at that moment
The children went on with their chatting.
Harry liked to talk l~earnedly.
Mis- Simkins took on her business lace
'sTeIl yOu what children, a rich bus
band amt to be sneezed AT, / can tell you,
If he has got store teeth. What else ala
the Almighty give a girl good looks ioI'
I'd like to know, If twan't to eaten j heh
MANI 81,
'sHere. herer' SAID saucy Harry. "A
pretty girl is wasting the gifts OF froVi-
dence If she doesn't use her good looks 10
catch a rich husband
Mis- Simkins scorned to notice the inter-
Tuption.
wife's time 4" she continued. she was a
pretty woman, pretty as a pied pony, out
thew didn't hit it together, somehow. l
don't know WHY. She was a lOvIn' kind
a. person, all for kiSsin' an that She
liked bein' made over and petted. He-he
wasn't that sort. you know"
Never do for Brownie, said Alice, MS
chievously. Brownie never could get on
without the kissing, never
Especially with the Waiting false
teeth" put in Harry.
YES" avs Alice. How Brownies
heart would ache, to be sure: she'd pine
away and die"
That's what his fast wife did" con.
timed Mis- Simkins. She lust up and
died. He drinked a good deal in them
DAYS, though he's quit that now. That
made him more Irritable, lreckOn. He's
miId-mannered enough now, but he's got
pizen in him yit" ..
Providence made EN- for one another, >,
exclaimed Alice, ~fervently. Brownies
got pizeD' in her too
But he was always 4 good pervider,' y
continued Mis- Simkins. Give the devil
his docs"
Do murmured wicked Harry.
Mis- Simkins still showed her lofty
superiority to these naughty interruptions.
1T amt we'll for females 10 be alone in
the world. / know what ii is TO be q lone
but what it's a good lone
some. sometimes, | will say that
Alice-BrOwnie's a fragile flower, too
tender to live alone, aren't Won Brownie:
IAN I've got to say, said Mis- Simkins,
raising her voice, rs that Bence Wabhnobbs
amt to he grinDed at by them that's got
no teeth
Harry-Mr. wabbnobbs has got teeth,
anyhow.
And continued Mis- Simkins, fixing
him with her glittering eye, IF Brownies
got the gumption / give her credit for,
she'll not turn her hack on the gifts OF
Providence when they fy in her face. He
amt handsome, that's fact. But if man
wus a good pervider, and had q plenty, |
wouldn't keer if he was humhly as the
tOngs-Td take him
That was Mis- SimkiDs sermon.
The children laughed heyOnd reason.
and teased Brownie necessarily about her
good pervider. But nobody dreamed Of
ANYTHING serious. In earnest, the Car
stones would almost as 500 have thought
of marrying their sister TO Rip the tramp.
Rip was now n distinguished and rising
thief and burglar. No influence could
reach him. There was a wildneSs in him
that nothing could tame. He was a pic
tureSque looking desperate, too, with
rawnv hair and flashing white teeth. His
frame was well knit: he was 1.-THE and grace
ful as a panther. When he met Brownie
in the village street. ne shot a glance at
her from his daring vet furtive eyes that
made her uncomfortable. She wa begin
ming 10 be afraid of him, with a nameless
dread.
One day the young scamp entered the
stone house abruptly. Whether he en-
tered a house nv day or night this estimable
former acquaintance Of ours did not knock
at the door first. 1t was not his way.
Brownie was alone. He asked for some
thing tn eat. She gave him some bread
and meat.
Il don't want that" said be. Gimme
a piece of pie want pie
Eve don't make pie at our house" re-
piled Brownie. go away
He came close to her, close that she
felt his hot breath upon her cheek, and
covered beneath his glowing eyes.
Don't you he 10 sassy, or the had
man'll come and carry you off. and hide
YOU in the woods. He wouldn't stop much
to DO il now
She was frightened aud showed il. He
saw il and laughed. Then he said.
Don't be skcered, Where's your sister
She'll give me some pie, ! know"
She pointed out toward the grounds in
silence. She was only TOO glad to beTid Of
him. He wheeled in the direction of her
finger. and was gone. He was quite re-
spActful and humble 20 Shirley.
There's something YOU ought to know,
miSSiz," he began at once. That there
WabhnObhs-he' a courtin' your sister in
earnest. He'sgot q wife and children now,
ont there where he's been in the west
I've seen EN- many a time. He's got
money, though. How did he get il? He
got il by swindling his partner. Derned
if he didn't, He went back on his pard.'
Shirley smiled at the solemn enormity
which this offence had assumed in the
mind of the vagahOnd.
Il dare say you're right, Rip she an
swered. gently. Il believe you. It's kind
of YOU To tell me of it, and l thank you,
hut there's no danger TO Brownie. She
wouldn't look at Wabbnohhs.'
There's something else you'd ought to
know, too continued Rip, presently. II
never 90 hack on q lIlSnu. bul lulS CIldp :
no friend of mine. ] don't associate with
a Teller that'n steal from his pard," said
Rip, with magnificent scorn. Il hate
him. he exclaimed, through his teeth.
There was a viciousDeSs about him that
seemed uncalled for.
"Well?" asked Shirley.
Twas WabbnObhS took Tom into that
club house where he lost Mis- Simkins'
$500. Wabbnobhs got half the money"
Now Shirley was interested.
rs that really true" she asked.
81 saw EN- make the dIyvy.'
Shirley considered.
"Andit looks to NE like 4 felleT who
will serve that trick on a grceny whose
sister he wants Il. marry, amt inst the
teller 10 have tur a hrotheT-in.law in .
high toned family" remarked Rip,
~virtuOTSly.
1T looks TO me exactly that way, too, "
said Shirley. I'm glad you told me this.
But really there is nothing in that about
Brownie, nothing at all
Rip was only halt satisfied. He shook
his head.
''IdOn't know about that, misSiz. Any
WAY If was ypu- Ia look a leetie Out